Chuukese

Determiner

nei

1. First-person singular possessive; my (used with a special class of objects including living things)

Related terms

Esperanto

Etymology

ne +‎ -i

Verb

nei ‎(present neas, past neis, future neos, conditional neus, volitive neu)

1. to deny (assert that something is not true)

Conjugation

Conjugation of nei present past future singular plural singular plural singular plural tense neas neis neos active participle neanta neantaj neinta neintaj neonta neontaj acc. neantan neantajn neintan neintajn neontan neontajn passive participle neata neataj neita neitaj neota neotaj acc. neatan neatajn neitan neitajn neotan neotajn nominal active participle neanto neantoj neinto neintoj neonto neontoj acc. neanton neantojn neinton neintojn neonton neontojn nominal passive participle neato neatoj neito neitoj neoto neotoj acc. neaton neatojn neiton neitojn neoton neotojn adverbial active participle neante neinte neonte adverbial passive participle neate neite neote infinitive nei imperative neu conditional neus

Derived terms

• neado

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai ‎(“never”), *nē ‎(“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy ‎(negative particle).

Adverb

nei

1. no

Antonyms

• ja
• jú, júgv

Synonyms

• neiggj

German Low German

Alternative forms

• (Low Prussian) nee; nää (nä)
• (in various dialects) ne, neh, nej

Adverb

nei

1. (Low Prussian) Alternative form of nee

Gothic

Romanization

nei

1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌴𐌹

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai ‎(“never”), *nē ‎(“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy ‎(negative particle).

Adverb

nei

1. no

Synonyms

• (no): neibb (informal), nau, nauts (children's slang)

Antonyms

• (no): já, júts (children's slang), jú (implies a positive contradiction, used to contradict a negative)

Anagrams

• ein

Italian

Contraction

nei

1. (contraction of in i) in the

Noun

nei m

1. plural of neo

Latin

Noun

neī

1. genitive singular of neon

Lojban

Rafsi

nei

1. rafsi of nelci.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German niuwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz. Cognate with German neu, Dutch nieuw, English new, West Frisian nij.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑɪ̯/
• Rhymes: -ɑɪ

Adjective

nei ‎(masculine neien, neuter neit, comparative méi nei, superlative am neisten)

1. new

Declension

Related terms

• erneieren
• fonkelnei
• Neiegkeet
• Neiliicht

Mandarin

Romanization

nei

1. Nonstandard spelling of něi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of nèi.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Norman

Alternative forms

• nièr, né (Jersey)
• naer (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French noir, from Latin niger.

Adjective

nei

1. (France) black

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian nī, which derives from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz. Cognates include West Frisian nij.

Adjective

nei (comparative neier, superlative neist)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) new

   en neien waanj, nei eerdaapler

   a new car, new potatoes

Usage notes

After an indefinite article preceding a masculine noun nei changes to neien.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai ‎(“never”), *nē ‎(“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy ‎(negative particle).

Adverb

nei

1. no

Antonyms

• ja
• jo

Interjection

nei

1. no

Noun

nei n ‎(definite singular neiet, indefinite plural nei, definite plural neia or neiene)

1. no

References

• “nei” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai ‎(“never”), *nē ‎(“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy ‎(negative particle).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛi/ (example of pronunciation)

Adverb

nei

1. no

Antonyms

• ja
• jau, jo

References

• “nei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nai ‎(“never”), *nē ‎(“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy ‎(negative particle).

Adverb

nei

1. no

Descendants

References

• nei in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Rapa Nui

Noun

nei

1. here

Pronoun

nei

1. this

Welsh

Alternative forms

• gwnei
• gnei

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəi̯/

Verb

nei

1. (colloquial) second-person singular future of gwneud

West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /næɪ/

Preposition

nei

1. towards
2. (time) after